BIRMINGHAM, AL – Speculate with taxpayer-insured funds? Sure, why not. Donate ten times as much as before? Of course; someone has to pay for those elaborate conventions, recounts, and stuff like that. But it’s bi-partisan AND bi-cameral�

PITTSBURGH, PA – Allegheny Health Network (AHN) recently acquired majority ownership of Klingensmith Healthcare a western Pennsylvania supplier of respiratory, HME, and related services. Georgie Blackburn (pictured), vice president of Governmen

AMARILLO, TX – Competitive bidding rules provide that contract suppliers may subcontract with non-contract suppliers as long as the subcontractor has not been “excluded from the Medicare program, any State health program or any other governme

WASHINGTON, DC – While you might think that the so-called “lame duck” period after an election would live down to that uninspiring name, things couldn’t be moving faster on legislation to help fix the competitive bidding by discouraging l

CROYDON, PA – Bilt-Rite Mastex is a familiar exhibitor at Medtrade, but for Viki Shikhvarger (pictured right), new business development manager at the Pa-based soft goods manufacturer, this year’s Medtrade was a new experience. “My impression o

LAS VEGAS – More than 150 manufacturers and service providers have signed on for Medtrade Spring, the Las Vegas version of the nation’s premiere HME event, scheduled for March 30-April 1, 2015, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. “After